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Vanilla
“
Milk and cookies, anyone?" Elliot reappears from the kitchen with a large platter of chocolate chip cookies, and a little wire holder containing a dozen little milk bottles with striped paper straws, that turn out to contain vanilla malted milk shakes.
"Elliot, these are amazing," I say, slurping the bottom of my bottle.
"No one ever thinks about malt in vanilla, but I like it better than chocolate.
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― Out to Lunch
― Out to Lunch
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Madre Carmela brought the covered bowl over to Rosalia. A subtle, sweet aroma reached Rosalia's nose. Her mouth watered in anticipation of whatever culinary surprise Madre Carmela had for her today. Instead of waiting for the sister to unfold the napkin, Rosalia pulled it back herself and almost gasped when she saw what delights were in store for her. Puffy clusters of dough in vanilla and chocolate were piled one on top of the other to form a misshapen pyramid. Chocolate and vanilla cream oozed
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― Rosalia's Bittersweet Pastry Shop
― Rosalia's Bittersweet Pastry Shop
